Department & Program
DOCTORAL DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

The programs are designed to provide students challenging course work related to international and transcultural dimensions of education. Requirements include work in four areas: a core curriculum, a concentration which is either an academic discipline or a professional field of education, transcultural or geographically-related study, and elective credits. The program arrangements are designed to be as flexible as possible so that previous educational and professional experience and the future career goals of the student may be taken into account in the choice of appropriate course work. Each student is expected to assume major responsibility for formulating, in cooperation with the program advisor, a plan of study that will best meet the general program requirements in a way most compatible with her/his own professional goals.

Doctor of Education (90 points)
(International Educational Development only)

Core Courses: 12 points
Courses in a field of professional
education: 27 points
Transcultural/geographical
area studies: 27 points
Electives: 24 points

Doctor of Philosophy (75 points)
(Comparative and International Education only)

Core Courses: 9 points
Courses in an allied discipline: 30 points
Transcultural/geographical
area studies: 18 points
Electives: 18 points

All doctoral students must pass a certification examination, a specialization examination, and prepare and present a dissertation which addresses a theme, problem, or issue in the area of specialization within the framework of comparative and international educational development. Doctoral students must also pass an oral dissertation proposal hearing before they are considered certified in the CIE/IED program.

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